Amendment of section 2

In the Kerala Motor Transport Workers' Welfare Fund Act, 1985 (21 of 1985) (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), in section 2,— (i) in clause (e) for the words "in relation to any motor transport undertaking, the person" the words "in relation to any motor transport undertaking, the registered owner or the person" shall be substituted; (ii) after clause (f), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:— "(fa) "contribution" means a fixed amount of welfare fund contribution payable to the fund by the employer, employee and self-employed person as may be specified in the Scheme"; (iii) after clause (k), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:— "(ka) "self-employed person" means a person other than the employee who is engaged in the profession of a motor transport undertaking by his own labour and does not depend primarily on such a motor transport undertaking."; (iv) clause (k) shall be omitted.